Guiding your Child Through Grief

Random House, Inc.Give your child the help and support needed to cope with grief and loss.

Guiding Your Child Through Grief, by the founders of the New England Center for Loss & Transition and The Cove, a highly praised program for grieving children, takes away the uncertainty and helpless feelings we commonly feel as we reach out to children who mourn. This caring and compassionate guide offers expert advice during difficult days to help a child grieve the death of a parent or sibling. Based on their experience as counselors--and as parents of grieving children--the authors help readers to understand:

The many ways children grieve, often in secretChanges in family dynamics after death--and straightforward, effective ways to ease the transition Ways to communicate with children about death and grief How to cope with the intense sorrow triggered by holidaysThe signs grief has turned to depression--and where to find helpAnd more insights, information, and advice that can help a child heal

Baker & TaylorThe founders of the New England Center for Loss & Transition introduce The Cover, their acclaimed program designed to help grieving children, offering compassionate advice on how to help youngsters cope with the death of a parent or sibling and effective ways to ease family members through a time of difficult transition. Original.

Baker & TaylorThe founders of The Cove, a program for grieving children and their families, offer advice to help children and teenagers cope with the death of a parent or sibling and effective ways to ease family members through a time of difficult transition.